Portable Gaming Revolution

World War II is overdone. Admit it. Where is the stopping point, when will it hit developers that we don’t want another WWII game?
Hopefully after Brothers in Arms: DS comes out.
Shooters on the DS have been VERY hit-or-miss (heavily weighted to ‘miss’) but this months release of Brothers in Arms for the Nintendo DS looks [...]

To coincide with the next-gen release of the Flatout team’s release of Sega Rally in September is a PSP release of the same game. Boasting “jaw dropping environments” and some incredible AI, Sega has the bar set pretty high for great racers this fall, as the controls are said to be super-slick and Sega promises [...]

A large number of readers here are PSP fans and owners, and rightfully so. There’s a ton of really awesome PSP games out there, and a lot of people might have missed out on some of them. I know I’ve missed a bunch, especially some popular ones, so here we are, recommending some really awesome [...]

Sunday, June 10th (that’s today!) members of the Button Masher Network can partake in the first PGRevolution Killzone match. We’re going to be hopping online starting at 12 Noon Eastern Standard time for a really great Killzone online fiesta. The recent patch update should be having Killzone owners everywhere giddy as girls to play, so [...]

After seven months, Guerilla has launched the Online Infrastructure mode for its successful PSP title, Killzone Liberation. Launching with about a dozen maps (two new ones) and, to make up for their tardiness, Chapter 5 of the single player campaign has been released to help provide some closure regarding Sargent Rico and his abrupt kidnapping. [...]

EA released a downloadble content pack for free today for anyone who’s lucky enough to own the PSP Racer Burnout Dominator. It’s good to see a developer, especially one like EA, providing free downloads for their games, more so on the Playstation Portable. It’s a really great sign for the future.

You can pick up Carnival [...]

A batch of brand new demos (sadly, most for older games) are available for your downloading pleasure. Provided you can speak enough Japanese, you’ll be able to fully enjoy these games.

Gurumin
Airport Hero sounds more fun that it looks, but apparently Sim games are huge in Japan, so there are 2 downloads available for this odd [...]

Sony Gamers Day, an annual event held by said company revealed many a story this week. A new SOCOM: US Navy SEALs game for the PSP, and PS3 are heading our way this holiday season, God of War: Chains of Olympus details arose, more details on the new IP Dead Head Fred (Which rising publisher [...]

Lucasarts has announced a new Star Wars Battlefront game titled “Renegade Squadron” offering a new story taking place between Star Wars, and Return of the Jedi. Many common Star Wars planets like Hoth, Tatooine, and Yavin’s fourth moon will return as well as little known places like Sullust. In a very SOCOM manner, players can [...]

Stuck on what to get mom for Mother’s Day? A nice Pink DS Lite sounds spiffy to me! DS Lite’s are selling a ridiculous amount, and Nintendo would love for you to add ink in to their money printer by picking up another one. Mother’s Day is on the 13th, and if you’re strapped for [...]

Kiff News has some new, super slick shots of Square Enix’s DS Bound-To-Be-a-Powerhouse RPG title, Dragon Quest IX.
Score them at the link, or keep on lookin’. ;)

Jeremy Parish wrote up a really cool article on Jeanne D’Arc this week. For those of you out of the ‘know’, it’s essentially a historical twist on the story of ol’ Joan of Ark, the French Crusader… Crusaderess? Anywho, it’s a really great looking title and the first batch of English screens are starting to [...]